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Wow, that is really horrible. Honestly, I have no idea whether CPS will get involved before a child is actually born, but I am pretty sure that the baby (if it survives, which is a sad thought, but sadly pretty true) will be removed from her care at the hospital if she tests positive for any drugs, which at the rate she is going, she probably will.

I think the best bet right now is to get the police involved if an incident like that happens again, or just get the family together to send her to rehab. I feel like I watched something on tv (maybe Intervention?) about facilities that specialize in rehab for expectant mothers, so that might be a good option. I am really sad that your family has to deal with this and can't imagine how worried you all must be about this baby she is carrying.View Thread

I had a thought... if you are interested in getting more traffic to your blog, you may want to limit the number of crossover entries you post in your blog and on the board. People who frequent the board then would have no reason to visit your actual blog, given that nearly everything you write on you blog can also be seen here, which is one less finger click they have to make. You may not think one mouse click is a big deal, but in terms of marketing, it is, because people are lazy and don't want to do anything more than what they absolutely must to access what they want to see on the internet. You could still do crossover entries that are more question oriented, or explain some new thing (like those cute number books) that you found or are interested in to generate interest in your blog, but it is probably best to limit the more personal posts (which, it appears, is what most of your followers really want to read) to the blog itself. Just put the link in your signature (which I've heard we have now) so people can easily access it if they choose. HTHView Thread

Just so you know, anything that is on the internet (including this board) has always been easily linkable to Facebook, Twitter, etc.! I have learned my lesson to never post anything too personal, or at least anything that I would feel uncomfortable with people who exist in my real life reading.

When I first started posting on the preggo boards, I once posted a vent about a friend, which I will not go into... well, said friend was apparently snooped me out on the boards, and that post translated into a 4 hour long estrogen-filled phone conversation which still gets brought up to this day on occasion, eieieieieie!

But yeah, no matter what your name is, if people want to, they can figure out who you are. I don't mean to scare you or anything, especially seeing as how I've never really seen you post anything that could ever come back to bite you in the you-know-where in terms of your RL situation, but it is just good to be aware of those things!View Thread

Yes, you are correct that there are many things that go into a person either being on the "right" or the "left" (or the in between) of politics, so to speak. However, in my personal experience, it would just seem impossible to completely seperate one's choice to be ecofriendly from one's political beliefs, which is just why I mentioned it as being a factor in why many Christians who are conservative would not be considered to be "crunchy."View Thread

Yes, I think you are totally correct in that larger families typically think more about their consumption practices in order to save money, which in turn, reduces waste. But I think what ad1978 was trying to say is that, if you compare an eco-friendly family of 3-4 to an ecofriendly family of 6-7, the smaller family is just going to consume less over their entire life span, and will then in turn, have less children, who will consume less over their lifespans and so on.

And this was from a different thread, but I think LeftCoastGirl was explaining how some of her ecofriendly practices are devired from living in an condo in the city, and how her carbon footprint has been reduced just simply from being within close proximity to her resources (grocery store, work, etc.). If she had an extremely large family, that type of lifestyle would probably not be possible. (Hope you don't mind me using your example LCG, but it was just too perfect from what I was thinking when I started reading this lol).

And let's not forget... the whole crunchy environmentalist movement was birthed from liberal ideals that aren't often embraced by people who practice a conservative lifestyle. As Sarah pointed out, people who are very conservative Christians typical back conservative, Republican politicians, those whose government policies favor (which is putting it lightly) industry and big agri-business, which are responsible for most of the planet's environmental destruction (not to mention human and animal rights violations). I mean, what is growing your own vegetables and using some ecofriendly shampoo really going to do if you aren't also supporting the environmental movement from the bigger picture?View Thread

I agree that everyone should feel open to vent here (which I acknowledged), but I think we should be mindful of our statements and how others may feel (e.g., "younger" moms) so they can feel as though this is a supportive community as well.View Thread

I did, in fact, read the entire sentence. However, based on your wording and sentence structure, it appeared that "(not because of her age, that is just the way she is)" was only referring to the second part of the sentence, "it's very difficult for her to focus her thoughts and attention to what is important." And at any rate, whether or not you put a disclaimer at the end of the statement "I undestand she is a child in an adults body", I still feel like it is an offensive and somewhat unnecessary thing to say, especially after you have made a point to poin our her age in youth in the sentence directly preceeding that comment. I just wanted to let you know how a statement like that could be interpreted, so maybe you would not say something like that in the future.

I think the best thing you can do right now as a grandmother to be is take a deep breath, step back and offer support if she comes to you. The way she raises her child will be up to her, and barring any gross abuses, I think it will be important for you to respoect that and refrain from making any judgemental statements and try to let go from having them in your mind completely. We all (err, most at least) grow as we become mothers, so who knows, she may very well surprise you.View Thread

I think most doctors (at least mine did) go off of the first trimester ultrasounds to determine the baby's due date, so I really don't think you should be particularly concerned (at least in a medical sense) with the fact that she gave the wrong date of her LMP.

It also sounds like she just got pregnant, so she will have plenty of time to go through the range of emotions that come with the responsibility of having a child. It is hard to really understand what being a mother entails until they put that baby in your arms, and I would think that the level of responsibility that is needed to take care of another life will eventually start to sink in as she gets farther along in her pregnancy.

Btw, I was 24yo when I was pregnant with my DS, so I find it pretty offputting that you have professed that "she is a child in an adults body." It does, indeed, sound that she is a bit on the immature side; however, I know many people my age who span the gamut in terms of their levels of maturity, and I also know people twice my age who still act like teenagers. It is just my personal pet peeve when hear people correlate age with maturity, because it really is dependant upon the person and their life experiences. I know this is just your vent, so you are just steaming off all of your anger and annoyance over this situation. However, I just wanted to give you a little perspective regarding that statement, given that many younger moms (if you can even call us that.. I think the average age of mothers in the U.S. is 25yo) would take offense to those sorts of comments.View Thread

When I clean plastic toys, I usually use a soapy paper towel, or maybe a paper towel sprayed with some Greenworks or something. I know a few friends of mine use some sort of disinfectant wipes (maybe Clorox?) for their toys. I just can't handle Lysol, the smell makes me sick! Maybe with the My Pal Scout try spot cleaning it with some dish soap on a warm damp cloth. Did you save any of the instruction manuals? Sometimes they give suggestions on how to clean the toys. HTH!View Thread

LOL! I actually use stuff like the non Something about Mary kind of mousse lol (and no my hair doesn't look like Snookie's!), and sometimes hair syrum and hair "wax" type stuff that my stylist has used on me in the past, depending on the style I want to do. They probably don't have much less chemicals than hairspray, but I figure, at least I'm not breathing them in and letting it circulate in the air in my house. Chucking that stuff just seems like the logical place to start if you want to eliminate chemicals from your life lol.

Actually, come to think of it... there probably are eco-friendly styling products on the market too. I've never sought them out, but the Whole Foods I go to is so huge, they must have organic gel, mousse etc.View Thread

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